The Critic and Art
Harold Rosenberg
Tuesday, 24 Jan 1978 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Rosenberg attended City College of New York and St. Lawrence University. he is Art critic of The New Yorker and author of Art on the Edge, Discovering the Present, The De-Definition of Art Willem deKooning, Artworks and Packages, Anxious Object, The Tradition of the News and Arshile Gorky. The most recent is an Abrams books on Barnett Newman to be published in spring, '78. During World War II he served as Deputy Chief of the Domestic Radio Bureau, OWI, and as Consulting Expert to the US Treasury. he has lectured thorught the United States on the arts and the critic's place in the arts. Abroad his articles have been published in Encounter, Les Temps Modernes, Tempo Presente, Preuves. His books have regularly been translated into French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese. Rosenberg has received many honorary degrees.Part of the National Affairs Series: Art in America Today - A Public Matter.
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